Missing ring found wrapped around carrot growing in family's garden

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Lin Keitch thought her ring, a 40th birthday present from her husband, was gone forever, until dinner one night last week.

Her husband, Dave Keitch, dug out some vegetables from their garden in Somerset, England, and gave them to her to clean. "I cut the greens off and scrubbed them, and I thought, 'What's that? Goodness, it's my ring,'" she told BBC News.

Lin Keitch, 69, gave the ring to her daughter after it became too small for her, and she lost the ring in the garden at least 12 years ago. Lin Keitch and her husband were both surprised to see the carrot managed to grow through the ring, which even though it was covered in dirt, she instantly recognized. Dave Keitch said he would always look for the piece of jewelry when he was out there in the garden, and called it a "chance in a million" discovery.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.